666 Question

Martin Blazevich blaze@lucent.com
Fri, 09 Jan 1998 08:59:16 -0500 (00884375956, 34B62D34.E85@lucent.com)


Flash - this just in:

> Did you know that 1998 is the Year of the Beast? Why? The "mark of
> the beast" as told in Revelation is 666 (although earlier translations
> gave it as 661, which doesn't sound quite as esoteric).
>
> Divide this year -- 1998 -- by three, the number of the Holy Trinity,
> and you get 666.
Martin- What's the deal with the 661/666 discrepancy? How can they screw something like this up if it's supposed to be such a terrible number to avoid?